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Friday, February 28, 2014

Short Reviews - February 2014

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"The Assets" - It just wasn't meant to be, apparently Long Strange Trip or... - Yeah yeah, it's got a long title.  S...

Kool Ice Kold Soda (five films remain)

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As though it were preordained somehow, it's time for the next Stooge short called ... Hot Ice ?  Seriously?  Kind of a bland title.  T...
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The Spinach Mutiny

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Seriously, though, the image montage to the left is probably the best part about Mutiny Ain't Nice .  Alas, the Disney-ification of th...

Auteur Watch - Maureen Blackwood

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For those in the know, that's Mo  Blackwood to you!!!

Oscar the Statue

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Well, as long as we're waxing nostalgic about the box office... Variety's thorough reporting mentioned last year's flop at thi...
Thursday, February 20, 2014

Wham, Bam... Thank you, Slam! (6 films remain)

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Another one I probably should recuse myself from, as it is indeed a childhood favourite, not to mention that it's a remake of 1948...

Next Popeye - Bulldozing the Bull

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Ah, the bullfighting ring.  Is there any more reliable scenario for the animated cartoon?  Now it's Popeye's turn... again.  Take ...

Auteur Watch - Troy Beyer

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Wait... didn't we do her already ?  At least twice ?

3000 Miles to Numberoneland

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...nope, can't think of a theme for the week.  Unless you count the dubious parallels between Kevin Costner and the volcano Pompeii.  I ...
Monday, February 17, 2014

Sefton's Heroes

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Well, I hate to agree with my beloved, dog-eared Maltin guide, but every once in a while they're right, and Stalag 17  is indeed the gra...
Thursday, February 13, 2014

A Shaggy Jeep Story

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Yeesh.  I think I used to like this one ... maybe I wasn't in the mood for it today.  Of course, when you sit about watching all  the ...
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Stoogendorff's Tribe (7 films remain)

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...oh, right.  Another bloody remake.  Apparently, Blunder Boys  is the only one that's all new footage, only the Stooges didn't k...

Auteur Watch - Ahmed Best

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... the voice of Jar Jar Binks ?  A director?  How is that possible?  Here's my question: why did it take so long?

Sexual Perversity at the Box Office

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Ah, the 80s keep coming back to me in movie form, and like Larry Sanders' publicist , I can't stop wetting myself!  God bless you,...
Saturday, February 08, 2014

Curb Your Plagiarism

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The Plagiers were a simple people, living on a steady diet of rice and old shoes.  And other people's books... okay, I just made that up...
Friday, February 07, 2014

What's Brewin', Llewyn?

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All the critics seem to be universally praising Inside Llewyn Davis ... and in this case, who am I to go against the tide?  For the Coens,...

A Serious Woman

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...who knows?  Maybe this will inspire me to write something. ...nope, still not happening.  I guess I'm conflicted, like Homer Simps...

Guys who live in glass man-caves ought not to throw stones, dude...

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Well, you gotta hand it to Tom Cruise.  This time he's picked a project that's not exactly mainstream: a slick-looking sci-fi indie....

Shemp'n Can Wait (8 films remain)

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Our next Stooge short is a remake of Heavenly Daze , according to Wikipedia.  I wonder if the Stooges ever took footage from  two  of thei...
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A Plumbing Popeye Will Go!

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Our next Popeye cartoon is called  Plumbing is a 'Pipe' .  Somehow, I think Wikipedia's got the inside scoop on the play on wo...
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